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package org.elasticsearch.test.rest.parser;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Base parser for a REST test suite fragment
 * @param <T> the test fragment's type that gets parsed and returned
 */
public interface RestTestFragmentParser<T> {

    /**
     * Parses a test fragment given the current {@link RestTestSuiteParseContext}
     */
    T parse(RestTestSuiteParseContext parseContext) throws IOException, RestTestParseException;
}
